Howzat! LS Lowry's cricket match painting may sell for £1m

Rare painting of cricket match in Salford unveiled for first time in more than 20 years The hopeless child at deep midwicket is facing the wrong way and the bowler is surely delivering a no ball but there is still much to enjoy in a rare painting being unveiled for the first time in more than 20 years.Sotheby’s has announced the auction, from an American collection, of a 1938 painting by LS Lowry showing a cricket match on a wasteground in Salford. Related: LS Lowry exhibition: 'an unaggre